Welcome to Texas Child Care Quarterly-A training journal for child care providers and early childhood educators.

Contents Summer 2008

Back to Basics: Manipulatives (inside front cover)

Features

		Supporting problem solving in the early childhood classroom
		by Carol M. Gross
		Science: It’s a process
		Don’t rush me! Let me play! Developing writing skills through play
		by Stephen Garretson and Karen Petty
		“Use both hands”: Helping toddlers learn self-help skills
		The best toys—and teaching materials—are (almost) free

Departments

		Stuff and new stuff
		Child Care Licensing
		Early Childhood Intervention
		Building a business
		Study guide

Texas Parenting News (center pullout)

Parents Bulletin Board (inside back cover)